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The Anarchy

The Relentless Rise of the East India Company

by William Dalrymple ...

Narrated by Sid Sagar ...

Unabridged

15 hours 43 min

Bloomsbury presents The Anarchy by William Dalrymple, read by Sid Sagar.THE TOP 5 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S BEST BOOKS OF 2019THE TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEARFINALIST FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2020LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2019A FINANCIAL TIMES, OBSERVER, DAILY TELEGRAPH, WALL STREET JOURNAL AND TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR‘Dalrymple is a superb ... Read more

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Bloomsbury presents The Anarchy by William Dalrymple, read by Sid Sagar.THE TOP 5 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S BEST BOOKS OF 2019THE TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEARFINALIST FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2020LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2019A FINANCIAL TIMES, OBSERVER, DAILY TELEGRAPH, WALL STREET JOURNAL AND TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR‘Dalrymple is a superb
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Vietnam

A New History

by Christopher Goscha ...

Narrated by Kirby Heyborne ...

Unabridged

23 hours 42 min

In Vietnam, Christopher Goscha tells the full history of Vietnam, from antiquity to the present day. Generations of emperors, rebels, priests, and colonizers left complicated legacies in this remarkable country. Periods of Chinese, French, and Japanese rule reshaped and modernized Vietnam, but so too did the colonial enterprises of the Vietnamese themselves as they extended their influence ... Read more

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In Vietnam, Christopher Goscha tells the full history of Vietnam, from antiquity to the present day. Generations of emperors, rebels, priests, and colonizers left complicated legacies in this remarkable country. Periods of Chinese, French, and Japanese rule reshaped and modernized Vietnam, but so too did the colonial enterprises of the Vietnamese themselves as they extended their influence
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First They Killed My Father

A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers

by Loung Ung ...

Narrated by Tavia Gilbert ...

Unabridged

9 hours 39 min

One of seven children of a high-ranking government official, Loung Ung lived a privileged life in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh until the age of five. Then, in April 1975, Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge army stormed into the city, forcing Ung's family to flee and, eventually, to disperse. Loung was trained as a child soldier in a work camp for orphans, her siblings were sent to labor camps, and those ... Read more

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One of seven children of a high-ranking government official, Loung Ung lived a privileged life in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh until the age of five. Then, in April 1975, Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge army stormed into the city, forcing Ung's family to flee and, eventually, to disperse. Loung was trained as a child soldier in a work camp for orphans, her siblings were sent to labor camps, and those
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Shattered Sword

The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway

by Jonathan Parshall, Anthony Tully ...

Narrated by Tom Perkins ...

Unabridged

24 hours 44 min

Many consider the Battle of Midway to have turned the tide of the Pacific War. It is without question one of the most famous battles in history. Now, for the first time since Gordon W. Prange's bestselling Miracle at Midway, Jonathan Parshall and Anthony Tully offer a new interpretation of this great naval engagement. Unlike previous accounts, Shattered Sword makes extensive use of Japanese ... Read more

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Many consider the Battle of Midway to have turned the tide of the Pacific War. It is without question one of the most famous battles in history. Now, for the first time since Gordon W. Prange's bestselling Miracle at Midway, Jonathan Parshall and Anthony Tully offer a new interpretation of this great naval engagement. Unlike previous accounts, Shattered Sword makes extensive use of Japanese
... Read more
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Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China

by Ezra F. Vogel ...

Narrated by Eric Jason Martin ...

Unabridged

33 hours 48 min

Once described by Mao Zedong as a "needle inside a ball of cotton," Deng was the pragmatic yet disciplined driving force behind China's radical transformation in the late twentieth century. He confronted the damage wrought by the Cultural Revolution, dissolved Mao's cult of personality, and loosened the economic and social policies that had stunted China's growth. Obsessed with modernization and ... Read more

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Once described by Mao Zedong as a "needle inside a ball of cotton," Deng was the pragmatic yet disciplined driving force behind China's radical transformation in the late twentieth century. He confronted the damage wrought by the Cultural Revolution, dissolved Mao's cult of personality, and loosened the economic and social policies that had stunted China's growth. Obsessed with modernization and
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Street Without Joy

The French Debacle In Indochina

by Bernard B. Fall ...

Narrated by Derek Perkins ...

Unabridged

13 hours 10 min

In this classic account of the French war in Indochina, Bernard B. Fall vividly captures the sights, sounds, and smells of the savage eight-year conflict in the jungles and mountains of Southeast Asia from 1946 to 1954. The French fought well to the last, but even with the lethal advantages of airpower, they could not stave off the Communist-led Vietnamese nationalists, who countered with a hit ... Read more

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In this classic account of the French war in Indochina, Bernard B. Fall vividly captures the sights, sounds, and smells of the savage eight-year conflict in the jungles and mountains of Southeast Asia from 1946 to 1954. The French fought well to the last, but even with the lethal advantages of airpower, they could not stave off the Communist-led Vietnamese nationalists, who countered with a hit
... Read more
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China and Japan

Facing History

by Ezra F. Vogel ...

Narrated by Eric Jason Martin ...

Unabridged

22 hours 51 min

China and Japan have cultural and political connections that stretch back fifteen hundred years. But today their relationship is strained. China's military buildup deeply worries Japan, while Japan's brutal occupation of China in World War II remains an open wound. In recent years less than ten percent of each population had positive feelings toward the other, and both countries insist that the ... Read more

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China and Japan have cultural and political connections that stretch back fifteen hundred years. But today their relationship is strained. China's military buildup deeply worries Japan, while Japan's brutal occupation of China in World War II remains an open wound. In recent years less than ten percent of each population had positive feelings toward the other, and both countries insist that the
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Games without Rules

The Often-Interrupted History of Afghanistan

by Tamim Ansary ...

Narrated by Tamim Ansary ...

Unabridged

14 hours 40 min

Today, most Westerners still see the war in Afghanistan as a contest between democracy and Islamist fanaticism. That war is real, but it sits atop an older struggle between Kabul and the countryside, between order and chaos, between a modernist impulse to join the world and the pull of an older Afghanistan—a tribal universe of village republics permeated by Islam.Now, Tamim Ansary draws on his ... Read more

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Today, most Westerners still see the war in Afghanistan as a contest between democracy and Islamist fanaticism. That war is real, but it sits atop an older struggle between Kabul and the countryside, between order and chaos, between a modernist impulse to join the world and the pull of an older Afghanistan—a tribal universe of village republics permeated by Islam.Now, Tamim Ansary draws on his
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Ghost Nation

The Story of Taiwan and Its Struggle for Survival

by Chris Horton ...

Narrated by Christopher Ragland ...

Unabridged

11 hours 9 min

**'Indispensable and timely' - Melissa Chan, Emmy-nominated international affairs correspondent'Few books qualify as essential reading but Ghost Nation is one of them' - Clive Hamilton, bestselling co-author of The Hidden HandThe gripping story of Taiwan's past and precarious present from one of Taiwan's top foreign correspondents.**With all eyes on Ukraine and the Middle East, Taiwan is emerging ... Read more

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**'Indispensable and timely' - Melissa Chan, Emmy-nominated international affairs correspondent'Few books qualify as essential reading but Ghost Nation is one of them' - Clive Hamilton, bestselling co-author of The Hidden HandThe gripping story of Taiwan's past and precarious present from one of Taiwan's top foreign correspondents.**With all eyes on Ukraine and the Middle East, Taiwan is emerging
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Central Asia

A New History from the Imperial Conquests to the Present

by Adeeb Khalid ...

Narrated by Aaqil Ahmed ...

Unabridged

17 hours 28 min

This engaging audiobook narrated by Aaqil Ahmed explores how Central Asia has been shaped by modern world eventsCentral Asia is often seen as a remote and inaccessible land on the peripheries of modern history. Encompassing Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and the Xinjiang province of China, it in fact stands at the crossroads of world events. Adeeb Khalid provides the ... Read more

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This engaging audiobook narrated by Aaqil Ahmed explores how Central Asia has been shaped by modern world eventsCentral Asia is often seen as a remote and inaccessible land on the peripheries of modern history. Encompassing Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and the Xinjiang province of China, it in fact stands at the crossroads of world events. Adeeb Khalid provides the
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Eine kurze Geschichte Afghanistans: 2.500 Jahre am Schnittpunkt von Eroberungszügen

by Dennis Kröger ...

Narrated by Dennis Kröger ...

Unabridged

2 hours 26 min

Tauche in ein packendes historisches Sachbuch ein, wo stolze Völker seit Jahrtausenden gewaltigen Imperien trotzen. Perfekt für das tägliche Pendeln oder ruhige Abende, bietet diese epische Zeitreise tiefgründige Einblicke in ein Land, das weit mehr ist als nur der Spielball fremder Mächte. Hier formen raue Gebirge und lebenswichtige Oasen das Schicksal von alten Kulturen und ehrgeizigen Eroberern ... Read more

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Tauche in ein packendes historisches Sachbuch ein, wo stolze Völker seit Jahrtausenden gewaltigen Imperien trotzen. Perfekt für das tägliche Pendeln oder ruhige Abende, bietet diese epische Zeitreise tiefgründige Einblicke in ein Land, das weit mehr ist als nur der Spielball fremder Mächte. Hier formen raue Gebirge und lebenswichtige Oasen das Schicksal von alten Kulturen und ehrgeizigen Eroberern
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Une brève histoire de Samarcande : 2 500 ans sur la plus grande route commerciale du monde

by Adrien Latour ...

Narrated by Adrien Latour ...

Unabridged

2 hours 9 min

Suivez les caravanes de la Route de la Soie et explorez l'évolution géopolitique d'une oasis devenue empire marchand. Idéale pour transformer vos trajets quotidiens en une session d'apprentissage immersif, cette fresque audio vous plonge au cœur des réseaux d'échanges asiatiques.Loin d'un simple récit militaire, cette œuvre captivante donne voix aux négociants, bâtisseurs et voyageurs qui ont ... Read more

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Suivez les caravanes de la Route de la Soie et explorez l'évolution géopolitique d'une oasis devenue empire marchand. Idéale pour transformer vos trajets quotidiens en une session d'apprentissage immersif, cette fresque audio vous plonge au cœur des réseaux d'échanges asiatiques.Loin d'un simple récit militaire, cette œuvre captivante donne voix aux négociants, bâtisseurs et voyageurs qui ont
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Breve historia de Samarcanda: 2500 años en la ruta comercial más importante del mundo

by Modesto Olivares ...

Narrated by Modesto Olivares ...

Unabridged

2 hours 14 min

Viaja a la Ruta de la Seda y domina la historia del oasis donde grandes imperios chocaron por el comercio mundial. Ideal para tus trayectos diarios, esta inmersiva narración te transporta al vibrante corazón de los mercados asiáticos. Satisface tu sed de conocimiento continuo mientras cruzas desiertos y siglos épicos sin alterar tu rutina.Desconecta del estrés escuchando cómo una enigmática ... Read more

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Viaja a la Ruta de la Seda y domina la historia del oasis donde grandes imperios chocaron por el comercio mundial. Ideal para tus trayectos diarios, esta inmersiva narración te transporta al vibrante corazón de los mercados asiáticos. Satisface tu sed de conocimiento continuo mientras cruzas desiertos y siglos épicos sin alterar tu rutina.Desconecta del estrés escuchando cómo una enigmática
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What If Genghis Khan Had Not Established the Mongol Empire?

Exploring the sweeping ripple effects of an unshaped Eurasia and the surprising alternative routes of global civilization

by Viruti Shivan ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Madison G ...

Series series WHAT IF SERIES
Unabridged

46 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Dive into a world where Genghis Khan, one of the most formidable conquerors in history, never established the vast Mongol Empire. This exploration ventures into the intricate web of global trade, the spread and amalgamation of diverse cultures, and the governance patterns that might have evolved in the absence of Mongol dominance. Discover a reimagined ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Dive into a world where Genghis Khan, one of the most formidable conquerors in history, never established the vast Mongol Empire. This exploration ventures into the intricate web of global trade, the spread and amalgamation of diverse cultures, and the governance patterns that might have evolved in the absence of Mongol dominance. Discover a reimagined
... Read more
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Genghis Khan

His Conquests, His Empire, His Legacy

by Frank McLynn ...

Narrated by Tim Andres Pabon ...

Unabridged

24 hours 13 min

Mongol leader Genghis Khan was by far the greatest conqueror the world has ever known. His empire stretched from the Pacific Ocean to central Europe, including all of China, the Middle East, and Russia. So how did an illiterate nomad rise to such colossal power and subdue most of the known world, eclipsing Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, and Napoleon? Credited by some with paving the way for ... Read more

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Mongol leader Genghis Khan was by far the greatest conqueror the world has ever known. His empire stretched from the Pacific Ocean to central Europe, including all of China, the Middle East, and Russia. So how did an illiterate nomad rise to such colossal power and subdue most of the known world, eclipsing Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, and Napoleon? Credited by some with paving the way for
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The Promise

Love and Loss in Modern China

by Xinran Xue ...

Narrated by Jennifer Lim ...

Unabridged

10 hours 18 min

Bloomsbury presents The Promise by Xinran Xue, read by Jennifer Lim.A spellbinding and magical narrative, this is the story of modern China through the women who lived through it.At the start of the twentieth century in China, the Hans were married in an elaborate ceremony before they were even born. They went on to have nine children and chose colours portrayed in some of their favourite poems as ... Read more

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Bloomsbury presents The Promise by Xinran Xue, read by Jennifer Lim.A spellbinding and magical narrative, this is the story of modern China through the women who lived through it.At the start of the twentieth century in China, the Hans were married in an elaborate ceremony before they were even born. They went on to have nine children and chose colours portrayed in some of their favourite poems as
... Read more
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Brief History of Kashmir, A

by KJ Smith ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Madison G ...

Series Audiobook box set - A Brief History of - City Edition
Unabridged

1 hour 41 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.A Brief History of Kashmir"A Brief History of Kashmir" traces the complex and captivating history of one of the world's most contested regions, from ancient civilizations to contemporary geopolitical challenges.Beginning with the geological formation of the Kashmir Valley, the book explores the region's earliest inhabitants and the development of Hindu ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.A Brief History of Kashmir"A Brief History of Kashmir" traces the complex and captivating history of one of the world's most contested regions, from ancient civilizations to contemporary geopolitical challenges.Beginning with the geological formation of the Kashmir Valley, the book explores the region's earliest inhabitants and the development of Hindu
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Legendary Mongol Khans, The: The Lives and Legacies of Genghis Khan, Kublai Khan, and Tamerlane

by Charles River Editors ...

Narrated by Jim Walsh ...

Unabridged

3 hours 34 min

Though history is usually written by the victors, the lack of a particularly strong writing tradition from the Mongols ensured that history was largely written by those who Genghis Khan vanquished. Because of this, Genghis Khan’s portrayal in the West and the Middle East has been extraordinarily (and in many ways unfairly) negative for centuries, at least until recent revisions to the historical ... Read more

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Though history is usually written by the victors, the lack of a particularly strong writing tradition from the Mongols ensured that history was largely written by those who Genghis Khan vanquished. Because of this, Genghis Khan’s portrayal in the West and the Middle East has been extraordinarily (and in many ways unfairly) negative for centuries, at least until recent revisions to the historical
... Read more
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1000 Days on the River Kwai

The Secret Diary of a British Camp Commandant

by H C Owtram ...

Narrated by Trevor Winslow ...

Unabridged

5 hours 52 min

Memoirs by former prisoners of war of the Japanese invariably make for moving reading but Colonel Owtrams account of his years of captivity has a special significance.After being captured in Singapore and transported to the infamous Burma railway he was appointed the British Camp Commandant at Chungkai, one of the largest POW camps.Many ex-prisoners testified to the mental and physical courage ... Read more

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Memoirs by former prisoners of war of the Japanese invariably make for moving reading but Colonel Owtrams account of his years of captivity has a special significance.After being captured in Singapore and transported to the infamous Burma railway he was appointed the British Camp Commandant at Chungkai, one of the largest POW camps.Many ex-prisoners testified to the mental and physical courage
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Opium Wars and Sino-Japanese Wars, The: The History of the Conflicts that Ended China’s Standing as a World Power

by Charles River Editors ...

Narrated by Martin Taylor ...

Unabridged

4 hours 38 min

The 19th century saw the rise of one of the largest, most powerful empires of the modern era. The sun never set on the British Empire, whose holdings spanned the globe, in one form or another. Its naval supremacy linked the Commonwealth of Canada with the colonies in South Africa and India, and through them trade flowed east and west. An integral but underutilized part of this vast trade network ... Read more

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The 19th century saw the rise of one of the largest, most powerful empires of the modern era. The sun never set on the British Empire, whose holdings spanned the globe, in one form or another. Its naval supremacy linked the Commonwealth of Canada with the colonies in South Africa and India, and through them trade flowed east and west. An integral but underutilized part of this vast trade network
... Read more
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Afghanistan

A Military History from Alexander the Great to the Fall of the Taliban

by Stephen Tanner ...

Narrated by Raymond Todd ...

Unabridged

14 hours 38 min

For over 2,500 years, the forbidding territory of Afghanistan has served as a vital crossroads not only for armies but also for clashes between civilizations. As the United States engages in armed conflict with the Afghan regime, an understanding of the military history of that blood-soaked land has become essential to every American.Alexander the Great conquered Afghanistan on his way to India. ... Read more

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For over 2,500 years, the forbidding territory of Afghanistan has served as a vital crossroads not only for armies but also for clashes between civilizations. As the United States engages in armed conflict with the Afghan regime, an understanding of the military history of that blood-soaked land has become essential to every American.Alexander the Great conquered Afghanistan on his way to India.
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Bajiprabhu Deshpande

by Aniruddha Rajderkar ...

Narrated by Abhijit Khandakekar ...

Series Audiobook 13 - Mawala Swarajyachi Bhushane
Unabridged

3 min

आता मावळा गेम खेळता खेळता ऐका, 'स्वराज्याची भूषणे'मधून शिवरायांच्या विविध सरदारांचे पराक्रम. ... Read more

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आता मावळा गेम खेळता खेळता ऐका, 'स्वराज्याची भूषणे'मधून शिवरायांच्या विविध सरदारांचे पराक्रम.
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Kimono og khaki

by Aage Krarup Nielsen ...

Narrated by Søren Elung Jensen ...

Unabridged

6 hours 38 min

I 1949 vender eventyrer og forfatter Aage Krarup Nielsen tilbage til Japan efter 25 år. Landet er totalt forandret af krigen. Allerede inden skibet lægger til, mindes han om, at Japan er et besat land: "Made in occupied Japan" står der på alle varer, og det er amerikansk militærpoliti, der tjekker hans papirer. Men da han kommer lidt længere ind i Japan, begynder han at genkende det elskede land. ... Read more

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I 1949 vender eventyrer og forfatter Aage Krarup Nielsen tilbage til Japan efter 25 år. Landet er totalt forandret af krigen. Allerede inden skibet lægger til, mindes han om, at Japan er et besat land: "Made in occupied Japan" står der på alle varer, og det er amerikansk militærpoliti, der tjekker hans papirer. Men da han kommer lidt længere ind i Japan, begynder han at genkende det elskede land.
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The Flying Tigers

The Untold Story of the American Pilots Who Waged a Secret War Against Japan

by Sam Kleiner ...

Narrated by Stephen Graybill ...

Unabridged

9 hours 53 min

The thrilling story behind the American pilots who were secretly recruited to defend the nation’s desperate Chinese allies before Pearl Harbor and ended up on the front lines of the war against the Japanese in the Pacific.Sam Kleiner’s The Flying Tigers uncovers the hidden story of the group of young American men and women who crossed the Pacific before Pearl Harbor to risk their lives defending ... Read more

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The thrilling story behind the American pilots who were secretly recruited to defend the nation’s desperate Chinese allies before Pearl Harbor and ended up on the front lines of the war against the Japanese in the Pacific.Sam Kleiner’s The Flying Tigers uncovers the hidden story of the group of young American men and women who crossed the Pacific before Pearl Harbor to risk their lives defending
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